Olso Terrorist Attack
News reports are coming into today of a terrorist attack in Norway. It appears that a gunman opened fire on a youth conference on the island of Utoya, killing four…
Security and Your Business – Is it important enough?
We are all used to the phrase that security is important but is this something you really believe or are you paying lip-service to the notion? This is just as…
Tiger Kidnapping – Staff Security Issues
Security is about protecting the things that are important to you. Most people know this. What matters is how you do your security. It is fairly well understood that if…
Spear phishing attacks, prevalent & successful
Previously we mentioned a news item that claimed the International Monetary Fund had been the victim of a "spear phishing" security breach. It seems that this is far from an…
Cloud Security – Risks and rewards
There are a lot of business advantages to making use of the cloud for your IT requirements. The ability to make use of shared resources can significantly reduce costs, capital…
Banking Security – Who owns the risks?
Most businesses, when interacting with their financial services provider, assume that they are going to be protected to a certain degree if things go wrong. This may not always be…
Staff Security – an essential part of business
It is often stated that "staff are the most important asset" to any business yet frequently employers fail to take the correct steps to ensure the security of their staff.…
Security Breaches – Easy and commonplace?
On Monday we discussed the problem with people assuming that more and more successful hacks and security breaches were the result of "sophisticated" or "state-sponsored" attackers. Then, on Tuesday, the…
Security resource downloads – Business Guide to Penetration Testing
We would always suggest that any business with even half an interest in protecting its resources, carries out regular penetration tests (pentest) - at the bare minimum when a system…
Citibank hacked – customers lose out.
The news about various large scale corporations falling under the onslaught of hackers continues to come out. Last week it was revealed that Citibank's security had been breached with potentially…
RSA to replace SecureID tokens – confirms Lockheed Hack linked to compromise
Today, RSA has confirmed that the compromise of its SecureID system assisted the hack on Lockheed Martin. Sadly, as with most things, RSA seem very slow and reluctant to release…
Information Security Classification Guide – Downloadable Security Resource
Halkyn Security have provided a new security resource for general download. The Information Security Classification Guide is provided to help businesses and enterprises of all sizes develop a coherent and…
Were RSA’s SecurID Security Tokens to blame for Lockheed Martin Hack?
Lots of the publicity around the recent Lockheed Martin hack is pointing the finger in the direction of RSA. SC Magazine have an interesting summary of the situation but the…